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Organizers of this month's Woodstock '94 and a competing quasi-reunion, "Bethel '94," are in the hole. A bad case of jitters caused by 100,000 unsold tickets led organizers of the 25th anniversary Woodstock to extend the sale period and loosen up on parking rules. And at Bethel -- planned for the same Aug. 13-14 weekend, but on the site of the original Woodstock -- the original organizer pulled out complaining the event was getting too commercial. He also left the show looking for a new angel. If Bethel's crew can land on their feet, the show will...
After a four-year investigation of what the Justice Department termed "illegal monopolistic practices," the government announced a settlement in its case against Microsoft, the dominant company in the software industry. Microsoft admitted no guilt but agreed to loosen licensing arrangements with computer manufacturers, which often pre-load their machines with the firm's operating systems. The deal may spur more competition for Microsoft, but it removes the threat that the government will try to break up the behemoth...
...FRIENDS. France, which enjoyed cozy commercial ties with Iraq before the war, is particularly eager to loosen trade strictures. So far, the war and the ! embargo have cost taxpayers an estimated $8.7 billion in unpaid government- guaranteed loans, and Paris wants to get the money back...
...senior, who asked not to be identified, said that she has been drinking at least two or three times a week since ninth grade to lighten up the atmosphere and to loosen her inhibitions...
...insisted on caution because of scar tissue: "We've had to push it, but we couldn't push it to the point of reinjury because then you're through." So there were sessions of swimming and weight lifting. And the bike. "I have to use the bike to loosen up, and I hate it," says Kerrigan, 24. The day she first pulled off a triple toe loop, says Mary with a sigh, "was . . . just . . . wonderful." The rest of the triples and spins followed, and there will be no changes in her program...